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ARTHUR E. SNOW, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIG-NOR, BY MESNE ASSI(irNlllllENTS,` TO U. S. HOFFMAN COMPANY, F SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

CLOTHES-PBFSSING lllIACI-IlINE.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

Application filed July 31, 1912. Serial No. 712,505.

To all whom t may concern.'

-Be it known that I, ARTHUR E. SNOW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Erie, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in 'Clothes-Pressing Machines, of which the following is a specia'machine for-pressing garments by supply ing heat, moisture and pressure to the garments'and at thel same time having the machine so arranged' that different parts of the garment Ymay be placed in position for operation and the garment suitably stretched or manipulated to accomplish the best results.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings as follows :f A

lFigure 1 shows a side elevation of the machine, a part of the presser head being in section on the line 1-1 in Fig. 3'. Fig. 2

shows an enlarged section of a portion o f.

show construction. Fig. it shows ai section of a detail of the joint connectinggthe buck to its support. Fig. shows-'a section on the line 5-5'in Fig. 6. Fig. 6 shows a bottom `view ofthe presser head, one 'of the plates forming the slotted passage for steam being removed to better show construction. Fig. 7 shows a section on the line 7-7 in Fig. 6. Fig. 8shows an enlarged view of the flash coil'steam generator. Fig. 9 shows an enlarged view of the presser foot for exerting pressure on the head.

1 marks the base or standard on which` the presser is mounted. A bracket 2 extends outwardly from this base or standard 1. AV

\ table 3 is arranged on the bracket 2` for supporting those parts of the garment that are free from the immediate pressing operation. A cross bracket 4 is mounted on the bracket 2 and supports the buck 5. A presser head 6 is arranged to operate in conjunction with the buck 5. It is carried by the bifurcated arm 7 This arm is pivoted on a pin S carthe said vextension contacting the wall of treadle.

ried by the yoke 8a at the top of the standard 1. An extension 7a extends from the rear of the arm 7 and terminates in a loop or slot 9 (see Fig. 9), the weights 10 being secured to the arm at each side of the slot 9.

In the ordinary operation of the machine,

the head 6 is pressed against the buck with the garment between the surfaces. In order be lifted from the buck and swung back out of the way. At the same time, it is desirable that means be provided for exerting pressure on the head so as to give the proper pressure to ress the garment. The means for accomphshing this in the present invention comprisest a treadle 11 which is .pivoted on a pin 12 inthe standard 1. An

upright 13 is rigidly fixed on the rear end of the treadle 11 by means of rivets 14. A

. to change the parts of the garment or diiferent garments, it is desirable that the head push rod 15 is pivotally secured to the upyright 13 by means of a pin 16.` The push rod has the shoulder 17 which is adapted to engage the underside of the arm 7a so as to `force the arm 7El upwardly and the arm 7 downwardly carrying the head into contact with the buck. The push rod has the extension 18 which extends into .the slot 9v the front end of the slot. Aspring 19 extends from the upright 13 to the push rody 15 and pulls the push rod toward the upr o in position to contact the push rod 15. In this way the movement of the push rod toward the upright 13 may be limited. The screw 20 is locked in adjustment by the jam Anut 21. A spring 22 is secured to the treadle within the standard 1 and yieldingly draws the ltreadle 11 upwardly when released. The

operation of this treadle mechanism is as follows The garment is placed on the buckpthe head brought into contact with the garment andpressure is put upon the As the pedal end of the treadle moves downward, the rear end is swung up carrying with it the push rod. The swinging movement of the treadle swings the upright 13 inwardly toward the standard and this carries the push rod 15 forward under v wall of the slot 9.- With a further upward movement of the push rod, the shoulder 17 iight 13. An vadjustable stop in the form a screw 20 extends through the upright contacts the underside of the arm 7a and thus exerts pressure on the head. The pressure on the head may be relieved and given a limited movement by a movement of the treadle without releasing the push rod 15 from the arm 7a. When, however, the treadle 11 is released, the spring 22 draws the pedal end upwardly swinging the arm or upright 13 outwardly and the screw 20 coming in contact with the push rod 15 swings the push rod 15 to the rear so as to bring the shoulder 17 out of engagement with the arm 7, and the arm 7 is thus released so that the presser head may be swung upwardly and rearwardly out of the way of the buck.

The presser head is formed of 'a body 23. A wire gauze 24 is -arranged over the face of the head and a cloth 25 stretched over this gauze. Steam is delivered throughthe body to this face vso as to supply the heat and moisture necessary for the pressing. The edges of the cloth are drawn around the edge of the body 23 of the head and secured by a wire 26 which is drawn around the head immediately back of the shoulder 26 on the body.

A water chamber 27 extends around the edge of the body of the head. This chamber the face of the head so as to give a uniform 27 is connected by a pipe 28 with an expansion chamber 29. Water is supplied from the supply pipe 30, the supply pipe being connected to the pipe 28 by a T *32v and controlled by a valve 3].. The water in the chamber 27 is heated by a gas burner 33. The burner is supportedzbetween the brackets 34 extending upwardly from the body 23. It'is supplied through a mixer 35 from a flexible gas pipe 36. The burner has the burner' openings 37 so directed as to cause the fiame to impinge a shoulder 23a just within that portion of the body 23 in which the chamber 27 is arranged. In this way the water in the chamber 27 is heated. At thesame time the water so tempers this heat and so distributes it as to prevent the body of the head taking on an excessive heat, in other words, the water will remain v at a temperature somewhat below the boiling point and will so modify and distribute the heat as to maintain the body of the head at Aan approximately uniform temperature.

In the operation of these machines, it is desirable to have steam deliveredthrough the head to the surface of the head so as to supply the heat and moisture necessary to accomplish the pressing. Heretofore in machines of this type, the steam has been generated outside of the head and delivered to the head by means of boilers maintained for that purpose. In order to have the machine in shape for ready use, it is necessary to maintain the steam on the boiler continuously. Furthermore, the maintenance of steam under these conditions in the hands may be delivered almost instantly at any V time without the danger and inconvenience of the ordinary boiler.

The generating c oil 38 is shown in detail in the enlarged view in Fig. 8. It comprises the'entrance pipe39 which is connected byl a header 40 with a second pipe 40. The pipe 40a is connected through the header 41 with a pipe 42, the pipe 42 through the header 43 with a pipe 43", the pipe 43a through the header 44 with a pipe` 46, the header 44 having the upward turn 45 (see Fig. 3), which carries the pipe 46 above the plane ofthe main coil. The pipe 46 is connected with the cross pipe 47. The pipe 47 has the downwardly extending pipes 48 at each side of the burner extending to the body 23. The headers of the coil are provided with lugs 38a and screws 38b extend through the brackets 34 `for securing the coil in place.

It is desirable to distribute the steamA over amount of steam to each portion of the head. i

The manner of doing this is shown in detail in-Fi s. 5, 6 and 7. The pipes 48 lead to a Vmani old chamber 49 arranged in the bottom' of the body 23. There are two of these,

oney for each pipe 48. Passages 50 extend .longitudinally of the head from the manifolds 49 and passages 51 extend crosswise from the manifolds'49 connecting said mani.-

folds with the longitudinal passages 52.`

Thedistibuting passage 50 is connected by feeders 53 with a slot passage 54 and the and curved at the ends so as to run into each other.

The face of the body 23 lhas adepression 57 the peripheral walls of the depression coinciding with the outer edges of the slot passages 54 and 56. The face58 of the depression is slightly off-set from the plane of the body 23 to permitpthe insertion of a plate 59, this plate being secured to the face 58 by screws 60. lThis plate forms one wall of thepassages numbered from 50'to 56 and It will be observed-that when y u 50 port for the buck. The

form amount of steam to each art of the head. The head being heated t rough the water system prevents the chilling or condensing of the steam in its passage.

The coil 38 is heated by a burner 62, the

burner being arranged above the burner 33' through t `le T 68 with the pipe 30. VThe operatorhaving the garment in position de- A siring steam, opens the valve 66 admitting the water, the water reaching the flash coil is converted into steam and carried to the face of the head. The supply pipe 30 is preferably connected with the water supply through a flexible hose 3()a which permits' of the movement ofthe head.

It is desirable for the purposes of this i device to have dry steam. In order to prevent the entraining of water without converting such water into steam through the Hash coil I insert into the tubes of the flash coil a plate 69 twisted so as to form a spiral passage in the tube. The steam or water rushing throu h this passage is thrown 4through centri gal force into contact with the walls and in this way all the water is converted into steam.

A cover 70 is arranged over the coil 38 and the burners toI inclose the fiame froml I the burner and protect the parts. .It has" suitable openings to permit of the circulaf v tion of air for the purpose of combustion. 40 It is desirable to mount the buck so that it will have a limited movement.` Iaccomplish this by 'providing the buck with downwardly extending brackets 5a. These extend y i' by the ends of the cross bracket 4. The

cross bracket has the perforations 4a in its ends and the' brackets 58L have the perforations 5b extending through them. Pins 5c extend through the perforations 5b into the perforations 4 thus forming a pivotal suppins are locked 1n place by the screws-5 the ends of the screws extendinginto annular grooves in the ins 5. The pivotalv movement of the buc is limited by the screws 4 which extend u vwardly through the bracket 4 against te brackets 5.

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drawn around the edges ofthe buck. 4The buck has the circumferential groove' 73. A wire 7 4 extends around the buck and in this groove, the wire being provided with a l tightening device 75. .With this device the wire not only holds the cloth but as the wire is drawn into the groove stretches the cloth thus drawing it evenly into place.

What I claim as new is 1. In a clothes pressing machine, the combination of a buck on which a garment can be arranged for pressing; a presser head m'ovably mounted to operate on said buck and having steam passages extending through its face; a flash steam coil carried by the head and connected at a discharge end with said passage;'a gas burner carried by the head arranged to heat said coil; means for supplying combustible mixture to said burner; and means for supplying water to the opposite end of the coil from the discharge. 1 2. In a clothes pressing machine, the

combination of a buck on which a garment can be arranged to be'pressed; a presserl head movably mounted to operate on said buck and having steam passages extending through its face; means for supplying steam to said passages; a hot water system carried by said head for heating the body adjacent to the -face of said head; and means for heating lthe water of said system.

3. In a clothes pressing machine, the combination of a buck on which a garment canA be arranged tofbe pressed; a presser head movably mounted to operate on said buck and having hot water heating passages lIcarried thereby adjacent to the face of the head; and means carried by the head for heating the water in said passages.

'4. In a clothes pressing machine, the combination of a buck on which a garment can be arranged to be pressed; a presser head movably mounted to operate on said `buck and having hot water heating passages carried thereby adjacent to the face of the head; means carried by the head for heating the waterin said passages; and means for supplying steam to the face of said head. l.

5. In a clothes pressing machine', the combination cfa buck on which a garment can beV arranged .to be pressed; a presser head movably Ymounted -to operate on said buck and having steam passages extending through its face and 'water passages adapted to heat the head; a generator carried by the head for generating steam; a connection between V.the generator and said steam passages;

for heating the water in the hot water passages. Y Thebuck is provided with a felt 7l over I the face of the wood and a cloth 72 stretched' The edge of the cloth is 6. In a clothes pressing. machine, the combination of-abuck. on which a garment can be arrangedto be'p'ressed; a head having a body with an annular water chamber along its periphery adjacent to the face of the head; and an expansion chamber co-nnected with said water chamber.

7. In a clothes pressing machine, the combination of a buck on which a garment can be arranged to be pressed; a head having a body with an annular water chamber along its periphery adjacent to the face of the head; an expansion chamber connected with said Water chamber; and a gas burner having its ames directed downwardly against the body of the head adjacent to said water chamber.

8. In a clothes pressing machine, the co-mbination of a buck on which a garment can be arranged to be pressed; a presser head movably mounted to operate on said buck, said head having a depression in its face; a plate mounted in said depression forming with the Walls of the `depression a steam slot, said head having steam distributing passages for distributing steam to the face of said head; and means for supplying steam to said passages.

9. In a clothes pressing machine, the combination of a buck on which a garment can be arranged to be pressed; a presser head movably mounted to operate on said buck, said presser head having in its face a depression and having slot passages and adjacent' distributing passages with feed passages connecting said distributing passages with the slot passages; manifolds for carrying steam to the distributing passages; a plate arranged in said depression and form, ing at its edge a slot connected with the slot passages; a steam generator; and a connec-Y tion between the generator and the manifolds.

10. In a clothes pressing machine, the combination of a buck on which =a garment can be arranged to bepressed; a'presser head 'movably mounted to operate on said buck,

said head being provided with a plurality of depressions in its face; plates arranged in said depressions and forming at their edges in conjunction with the walls of the depressions peripheral slots leading to theface of i( axis;v and a presser head swinging on an axis parallel to the axis of the pivotal mounting of the buck operating in connection with the buck. p

l2. In a clothes pressing machine, the combination of a presser head pivotally mounted; a buck; a pivotal mounting for the buck, said mounting having a horizontal axis parallel to the axis of the pivot on which the presser head swings, said pivotal mounting comprising a standard bracket having perforations; ears extending downwardly from the buck and overlapping the standard bracket, said ears having perforations.; pins extending into said perforations, said pins having grooves'therein; and locking pins extending into said grooves.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR E. SNOW.

Witnesses: i

DAvID R. GiLL,

B. M. `HARTMAN. 

